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Serpentine Minerals Used For Custom Gemstone Silver Metal Clay Bezel Type Jewelry Settings

A while back, came across some Serpentine Gemstone mineral that ended up being unlike anything I had tried to polish before. I could tell the material was certainly going to be some excellent looking gemstone material for custom jewelry designs.

I like to share with anyone interested how these minerals look when first starting to cut cabochons.

Here is the first material I was talking about in slabs.

serpentine gemstone mineral

Here is what a first group of larger cabs looks like from it. I say larger, because the following pic is from the same gemstone mineral. The cabochons are smaller, so the color variation is limited.

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Then just a couple of days ago, I was visiting a member of our local gem and mineral club. He traded me a slab of some beautiful green Serpentine from the Chewelah Washington region. Here is a picture of that Serpentine gemstone mineral again, in slab form.

serpentine gemstone mineral

Not having worked with any serpentine except for the above, I expected to get the same satin finish instead of a nice glossy polish. After sharing about this on our forum, other members suggested the need for diamond abrasives to bring out the shine on the first material above.

It was nice to see a great shine on this second Serpentine from the Chewelah area. Still when you compare the two. The one with the satin finish and the nice green material with a great looking gloss finish will both look excellent in any piece of gemstone jewelry. These particular cabs are cut, shaped and beveled to fit best in bezel settings.

serpentine gemstone mineral serpentine gemstone mineral

The location for the nice green material is only accessible through the Colville Rock and Mineral Club. I am looking forward to going on a trip with them soon.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 23rd, 2008 at 3:54 am and is filed under Designing Gemstone Cabochons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “Serpentine Minerals Used For Custom Gemstone Silver Metal Clay Bezel Type Jewelry Settings”

  1. Wedding Rings Class Rings Pearl Harbor Says:
    June 16th, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    Wedding Rings Class Rings Pearl Harbor…

    I didn’t agree with you first, but last paragraph makes sense for me…

  2. Liad Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    I love this material

  3. TaoGem Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    Thank you Liad..

    Hey, I like your site too! Nice jewelry items.

  4. bill gallagher Says:
    August 20th, 2010 at 4:42 pm

    i have had nice water wet polish on serp using zam, slow muslin wheel, 600 rpm

    b

  5. TaoGem Says:
    August 20th, 2010 at 5:20 pm

    Thanks Bill… I will try Zam next go around !

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